An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

An aerial view of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, circa 1958. The fairgrounds, located approx. one mile south of downtown Nashville, opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated...

A postcard of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds showing the Woman's Building, the grandstand and the track. Located just one mile south of downtown Nashville, the fairgrounds opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing...

A postcard of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds located just one mile south of downtown Nashville. The fairgrounds opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track with a grandstand that seated 7,000 people. In 1904...

A postcard of the Tennessee State Fairgrounds showing the Women's Building, Grandstand, and track. Located just one mile south of downtown Nashville, the fairgrounds opened in 1891 as Cumberland Park. The park was built as a harness racing track...

A view of the NASCAR 100-mile race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on August 10th, 1958. This was when the Grand National series came to the Nashville Fairgrounds’ half-mile asphalt oval. Rex White grabbed the pole in the 200-lap race but ended up...

A view of the NASCAR 100-mile race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on August 10th, 1958. This was when the Grand National series came to the Nashville Fairgrounds’ half-mile asphalt oval. Rex White grabbed the pole in the 200-lap race but ended up...

A view of the NASCAR 100-mile race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on August 10th, 1958. This was when the Grand National series came to the Nashville Fairgrounds’ half-mile asphalt oval. Rex White grabbed the pole in the 200-lap race but ended up...

A view of the NASCAR 100-mile race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on August 10th, 1958. This was when the Grand National series came to the Nashville Fairgrounds’ half-mile asphalt oval. Rex White grabbed the pole in the 200-lap race but ended up...

A view of the NASCAR 100-mile race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on August 10th, 1958. This was when the Grand National series came to the Nashville Fairgrounds’ half-mile asphalt oval. Rex White grabbed the pole in the 200-lap race but ended up...

A view of the NASCAR 100-mile race at the Fairgrounds Speedway on August 10th, 1958. This was when the Grand National series came to the Nashville Fairgrounds’ half-mile asphalt oval. Rex White grabbed the pole in the 200-lap race but ended up...